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Noun

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an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent

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Fuller's Earth

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noun
a natural absorbent clay used, after heating, for decolorizing oils and fats, fulling cloth, etc

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Fuller's Earth

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a highly absorbent, opaque clay used to remove grease from woolen cloth in fulling, to clarify fats and oils, etc.

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Fuller's Earth

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n.
A highly adsorbent claylike substance consisting of hydrated aluminum silicates, used predominantly in fulling woolen cloth, in talcum powders, as a filter, and as a catalyst.

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